Antaki2008d

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Antaki2008d
BibType ARTICLE
Key Antaki2008d
Author(s) Charles Antaki, W. M. L. Finlay, Chris Walton, Louise Pate
Title Offering choice to people with an intellectual impairment: an interactional study
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Tag(s) EMCA, Intellectual impairment, Medical EMCA
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Year 2008
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Journal Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
Volume 52
Number 12
Pages 1165–1175
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DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2008.01101.x
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Abstract

Background At the level of policy recommendation, it is agreed that people with intellectual impairments ought to be given opportunities to make choices in their lives; indeed, in the UK, the Mental Capacity Act of 2005 enshrines such a right in law. However, at the level of practice, there is a dearth of evidence as to how choices are actually offered in everyday situations, which must hinder recommendations to change.

Method This qualitative interactional study, based on video recordings in British residential homes, combines ethnography with the fine-grained methods of Conversation Analysis.

Results We identify six conversational practices that staff use to offer choices to residents with intellectual disabilities.

Conclusions We describe the unwanted consequences of some of these practices, and how the institutional imperative to solicit clear and decisive choice may sometimes succeed only in producing the opposite.

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